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Lakshya JEE 2.0 (2025)

Maths
DPP: 4
Matrices

Q1 ⎡a 0 0⎤ ⎡5 5α α ⎤
If A = ⎢ 0 a 0 ⎥ , then |A|| adj A| is equal Let A = ⎢ 0 α 5α ⎥ . If ∣∣A2 ∣∣ = 25, then
⎣0 0 a⎦ ⎣0 0 5 ⎦
to: |α| equals:
(A) a25 (B) a9 (A) 52 (B) 1
81
(C) a (D) None of these (C) 1/5 (D) 5

A is a 3 × 3 skew-symmetric matrix, then |A| 5a −b

A=[ ]and A adj A = AAT , then
Q2 If Q6
If
is: 3 2
given by 5a + b is equal to:
(A) 0 (B) −1 (A) 13 (B) −1
(C) 1 (D) None of these (C) 5 (D) 4

Q3 ⎡1 2 3 ⎤ Q7 Let k be a positive real number and let

If A = ⎢ 1 3 5 ⎥ , then adj(adj A) is: ⎡ 2k − 1 2√k 2√k ⎤
− −
⎣1 5 12 ⎦ A = ⎢ 2√− k 1 −2k ⎥ and
(A) ⎡ 3 3 3 ⎤ ⎣ √− ⎦
−2 k 2k −1
⎢6 9 15 ⎥ ⎡ √k ⎤
−
⎣ 9 15 36 ⎦
0 2k − 1
B = ⎢ 1 − 2k 0 2√ k ⎥
−
(B) ⎡ 1 2 3 ⎤ ⎣ √− − ⎦
⎢1 3 5 ⎥
− k −2√k 0
⎣1 5 12 ⎦
If det(adj A) + det(adj B) = 106 , then [k] is
equal to:
(C) ⎡ 3 6 9 ⎤ (where [.] is G.I.F.)
⎢3 9 15 ⎥
⎣ 3 15 36 ⎦
(A) 3 (B) 2
(C) 5 (D) 4
(D) None of these
Q8 4 2
Q4 Let A be a square matrix of order 3 such that If A =[ ] , | adj A| is equal to
3 4
transpose of inverse of A is A itself. Then (A) 6
| adj(adj A)| is equal to: (B) 16
(A) 9 (B) 27 (C) 10
(C) 4 (D) 1 (D) None of these

Q5 Q9

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If A and B are symmetric matrices of the

same order, then:
(A) AB is a symmetric matrix
(B) A − B is skew-symmetric matrix
(C) AB + BA is a symmetric matrix
(D) AB − BA is a symmetric matrix

Q10 ∣ a1 b1 c1 ∣
∣ ∣
If
∣ a2 b2 c2 ∣ = 5 then the value of
∣ a3 b3 c3 ∣
∣ b2 c3 − b3 c2 a3 c2 − a2 c3 a2 b3 − a3 b2 ∣
∣ ∣
∣ b3 c1 − b1 c3 a1 c3 − a3 c1 a3 b1 − a1 b3 ∣
∣ b1 c2 − b2 c1 a2 c1 − a1 c2 a1 b2 − a2 b1 ∣
(A) 5 (B) 25
(C) 125 (D) 0

2 −3
=[ ], then adj (3 A2 + 12 A) is
Q11
If A
−4 1
equal to:
72 −63
[ ]
(A)
−84 51
72 −84
[ ]
(B)
−63 51
(C) 51 63
[ ]
84 72
(D) 51 84
[ ]
63 72
Q12 2, i = j
If A = [aij ]4×4 such that aij = { ,,
0, i ≠ j
Then { 17 det(adj(adj A))} is, where {⋅}
denotes the fractional part function.
(A) 1/7 (B) 2/7
(C) 3/7 (D) None of these

Q13 ⎡ 1 1 2⎤
If the matrices A = ⎢ 1 3 4 ⎥ , B = adj A
⎣ 1 −1 3 ⎦
| adjB |
and C = 3 A , then is equal to
|C|
(A) 72 (B) 8
(C) 16 (D) 2

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Answer Key
Q1 (B) Q8 (C)

Q2 (A) Q9 (C)

Q3 (C) Q10 (B)

Q4 (D) Q11 (C)

Q5 (C) Q12 (A)

Q6 (C) Q13 (B)

Q7 (D)

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